Zwai Bala (born 15 February 1975) is a South African kwaito and gospel
musician.Bala studied at the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School, near
Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal, and matriculated at St. Stithians College in
1994. He then pursued an online Master's Certificate in Orchestration
for Film and Television at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He came
to public attention in 1997 as a member of the kwaito group TKZee.When
he was 11 years old, he entered The Shell Road to Fame talent show and
reached the semi-finals. Together with school friends Kabelo Mabalane
and Tokollo Tshabalala, he formed kwaito group TKZee. TKZeereleased
their singles "Take It Eezy", holiday hit "Phalafala" and their
top-selling "Shibobo" , which featured South Africa national football
team player Benni McCarthy. Later, Bala began a solo musical
career.Bala is a music director and producer, who has worked on
musicals featuring Ali Campbell of UB40 , produced Grace from the
two-time Grammy award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir, and has been the
featured soloist at the Classical FMLexus Soiree at the Sandton
Intercontinental.
musician.Bala studied at the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School, near
Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal, and matriculated at St. Stithians College in
1994. He then pursued an online Master's Certificate in Orchestration
for Film and Television at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He came
to public attention in 1997 as a member of the kwaito group TKZee.When
he was 11 years old, he entered The Shell Road to Fame talent show and
reached the semi-finals. Together with school friends Kabelo Mabalane
and Tokollo Tshabalala, he formed kwaito group TKZee. TKZeereleased
their singles "Take It Eezy", holiday hit "Phalafala" and their
top-selling "Shibobo" , which featured South Africa national football
team player Benni McCarthy. Later, Bala began a solo musical
career.Bala is a music director and producer, who has worked on
musicals featuring Ali Campbell of UB40 , produced Grace from the
two-time Grammy award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir, and has been the
featured soloist at the Classical FMLexus Soiree at the Sandton
Intercontinental.
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